The Fox River divides Elgin's east and west sides. The east holds Elgin's deepest roots, but cacher friend WA$P challenged this east sider to find Elgin history on the west side of town. So together, we crossed the bridge and discovered more of historic Elgin. Wing Park Pool - With the death of William Wing in 1902, a portion of his farm land would be donated to the city of Elgin. But before it would become Wing Park, this area was called Sulphur Springs. The spring was thought to have medicinal properties, and many people would travel here to drink from the spring. Elgin's first outdoor swimming pool was in this area of Wing Park. It was created in 1908 by digging a bowl shaped area, damming Tyler Creek to fill it, and dumping some sand for a beach. Locals called it "the mudhole". A concrete pool opened in 1924, and still used Tyler Creek to fill it. Four renvations later has long ago freed the creek to keep on flowing and made it what you see today. 110 years later.
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